SpaceX successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a mission to the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The first stage landed at Landing Zone 1 shortly after.

On June 15, 2016, a SpaceX Falcon 9 blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 40 with a pair of all-electric communications satellites owned by ABS and Eutelsat.(Photo: SpaceX)

Update: Liftoff of Falcon 9! The rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral and returned for a first stage landing about 8 minutes later.

SpaceX will host the Space Coast's final rocket launch of the year when it vaults a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday.

Packed into a Dragon spacecraft atop the rocket will be thousands of pounds of supplies and cargo for the International Space Station slated to lift off from Launch Complex 40 at 10:36 a.m.

The rocket's previously flown first stage – first launched in June 2017 – will return for a propulsive landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Landing Zone 1 about 8 minutes after liftoff. Expect a powerful sonic boom during descent.

Weather is 90 percent "go" for Friday's attempt, according to the Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron, and a delay to Wednesday would yield similar conditions.

Live video of the rocket launch, available here or at our Facebook page;

A live chat with space reporters James Dean and Emre Kelly.

Coverage kicks off at 9:00 a.m. Friday on FloridaToday.com/Space and will feature in-depth coverage, photos, charts and more. You can ask the team questions and strike up a conversation. We'll host SpaceX and NASA's live videos.

In Central Florida?

If you're under clear skies, you can look to the state's east coast to spot Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral. You don't, however, need clear skies to feel and hear the window-rattling sonic boom during first stage descent.

If you do step outside for the launch, bring your smartphone and stay tuned to live updates. The coverage is available at FloridaToday.com/Space in your mobile browser.

Contact Emre Kelly at aekelly@floridatoday.com or 321-242-3715. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook at @EmreKelly.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched a commercial communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday arrived at Port Canaveral early Sunday. It was towed in on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship after it successfully landed shortly after liftoff. MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched a commercial communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday arrived at Port Canaveral early Sunday. It was towed in on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship after it successfully landed shortly after liftoff. MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched a commercial communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday arrived at Port Canaveral early Sunday. It was towed in on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship after it successfully landed shortly after liftoff. MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched a commercial communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday arrived at Port Canaveral early Sunday. It was towed in on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship after it successfully landed shortly after liftoff. MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched a commercial communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday arrived at Port Canaveral early Sunday. It was towed in on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship after it successfully landed shortly after liftoff. MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY